I know we go to the well with the Final Four thing quite a bit, but sometimes it’s just unavoidable. I had another one of those “holy-crap-what-did-we-actually-do” moments last night while watching the Kentucky Wildcat Disbursement NBA Draft.

I couldn’t help but notice the staggering number of players drafted from the teams VCU beat during that run:

Not counting Robbie Hummel, who was injured when the Rams played Purdue, VCU played against 11 future NBA draft picks during its Final Four run (beating 10). Kansas has had five NBA draftees on its own! And there could be more (I’m talking to you, Jeff Withey).

Meanwhile, the Rams’ roster (up to this point) hasn’t had a single player drafted from that 2011 team. VCU essentially beat an NBA team to get to the Final Four. I mean, those five Kansas guys couldn’t possibly be any worse than the Charlotte Bobcats last year, could they? But I digress.

The important thing to know is that VCU faced – and defeated – an incredible amount of talent in 2011. Sometimes it’s just worth the time to stop and appreciate it.

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Since I was thinking the same thing about Bradford in this year’s (2012) draft, I could not agree more. Bradford was essential to the Rams run in 2011, but is being overlooked by the NBA for several “maybes”. Even though VCU made the Final Four, and had the Southwest Region’s MVP, it appears that none of those players may reach their goal of playing in the NBA. A fact that could hurt recruiting when so many ‘named schools’ are having players selected. It could be that Bradford’s (not often) poor performance in last year’s NCAA game against Indiana may have hurt him?

The only issue I see with Brad is that he is such a nice quiet guy. Where is the spark..the fire…the killer instincts that seem to dominate the game today. He is a terrific role player. He will never be a dominant force in the NBA..unfortunately there are a ton of role player guys out there..I wish him the best and hopes he makes it to where he wants to be.